"It's muthafuckin' hard to get a No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100," Cardi said before she brought Nas X out. "That shit is hard as fuck! So every single time I see somebody getting that spot I be like 'Damn I'm proud of you bitch. I'm proud of you nigga.' When I got my first No. 1, I cried like a muthafucka. So I wanna say that I'm so proud of this young guy who's about to come up and fuck up the stage because his No. 1 is still No. 1 after they tried to deny his muthafuckin' entry."

Moments later, Lil Nas X made his way to the stage to the tune of his familiar trap-influenced country beat that began to ring throughout the venue. Bardi didn't bust out her NSFW remix of the song, but she was visibly excited and bopping around with the rising star as he performed without Billy Ray Cyrus.

"thank you cardi b!!," Nas X said in a tweet featuring a clip from their time on stage.